For a moment, several veterans looked at Guan Yubai with complicated eyes, including admiration, admiration, embarrassment, and a trace of vigilance and caution.
This Guan Yubai is really full of wit and tricks. So far, almost all the tricks of the Nanliang people are under his expectation and control. Every step of his seems to have been carefully considered. He is both bold and cautious. The next step, everything went as he expected.
It's no wonder that there were official troops guarding the western frontier at the beginning, and they could guard the western night for decades without daring the army to invade. In the end, they had to join forces with King Dayuyan and the officials to plot against the official family with such insidious tactics, and then they collapsed. From now on, the official army will only leave this An Yihou who is destined to be alone forever!
Not to mention whether Guan Yubai will be friends or enemies with Nanjiang in the future, but at least at this moment, this person is on the side of Nanjiang!
That's enough... In this battle, they will definitely make the enemy pay a heavy price!
At this moment, Guan Yubai withdrew his gaze, and calmly said to the generals, "The main general of Nanliang is dead."
Guan Yubai chose to kill Langma at this time, not just to boost morale, but also for the actions of Si Lin and the others. With Langma's death, Nanliang fell into a moment of confusion and anxiety. In such a state of mind, they would not care about carefully checking Si Lin's identity, and only focused on whether the "Prince and Concubine of Zhennan" he brought could Recover the disadvantages...
The young generals were in an uproar, they looked at each other in blank dismay, completely unresponsive.
There is no time to explain to them one by one, Guan Yubai only needs them to understand the current situation.
His eyes slowly swept across the soldiers. Although he looked gentle and looked like a refined scholar, the surroundings were still silent.
Everyone looked at Guan Yubai, and listened to him ordering lightly: "...Lieutenant Fu, listen to the order!"
Fu Yunhe took a step forward, cupped his fists and said, "The end is here!"
"... The front and arrow array is ready."
Fu Yunhe's expression froze, he cupped his fists to accept the order and said: "The general will obey."
Fu Yunhe quickly assembled the army, and in less than a moment, 500 soldiers holding crossbows with divine arms had already taken their positions on the city wall, and another 500 soldiers stood on the side, ready to replenish at any time.
A red flag was waved vigorously in a special rhythm.
Looking down from the city wall, the enemy's rear suddenly became chaotic, and the leaderless Nanliang army rushed towards Yanding City like a wave amidst the turmoil. Fu Yunhe kept his breath focused, he saw the time, and shouted: "Get ready..."
The soldiers took out the iron arrows placed in the quiver. The arrowheads of these iron arrows were wrapped in coarse cloth, and they could even smell the smell of kerosene when they got close. They lit the coarse cloth well, and thousands of rockets fired at the same time. shot, their target is not the enemy, but the ground...
boom!
When the rocket touched the surface, a raging fire erupted suddenly, and the scorching breath seemed to return to summer in an instant. The fire came so suddenly that the Nanliang soldiers had no time to react. They panicked and tried to rush out of the sea of flames, but the fiercer flames made them somewhat restrained, like insects trapped in a spider's web, they could only struggle to death .
"It's kerosene!"
A young general suddenly realized that the ground must have been doused with kerosene.
He guessed right, the ground a few miles away from the city wall had long been filled with kerosene, and just a few sparks could ignite a raging fire. With the range of the God Arm Crossbow, it is even easier to ignite the fire oil.
"attack!"
The Divine Arm Battalion was replaced with ordinary iron arrows. Hundreds of divine arm crossbows were raised high. Fu Yunhe gave an order, and the iron arrows shot out from the city wall, like countless black meteors across the sky, trapped The Southern Liang soldiers in the sea of flames had nowhere to hide...
At the same time, the red flag was waved vigorously again.
Hua Chuyu, who was more than ten miles away, was sitting on a black horse. He carefully discerned the semaphore passed, and raised his right hand high.
He remembered the day when the son of the world led his troops to leave Yanding City, An Yihou had summoned all the generals and declared that the main battlefield of this battle was Yanding City. He scoffed at the statement, and even more disapproved of Marquis An Yi asking him to bring a thousand cavalry to cooperate with the God Arm Battalion in training.
But even if he didn't take it seriously, as a general, he still obeyed.
The two thousand cavalry were temporarily organized into the Thousand Cavalry Battalion by An Yihou, led by him, and together with the God Arm Battalion led by Fu Yunhe, they practiced a formation that he had never heard of - the front arrow formation.
This formation is very difficult, both the Qianqi Battalion and the God Arm Battalion have repeatedly made mistakes, Hua Chuyu couldn't help complaining to Fu Yunhe that An Yihou was simply looking for trouble for nothing, but just wanted to seize power, is it worth tossing them like this. But Fu Yunhe, who has always been a bit of a fool, just gave him a cold look and said, if he can't do it, there are others in Yanding City who can lead the Thousand Riders Battalion.
Hua Chuyu thought that his riding skills were unmatched in the southern border army. After being provoked by Fu Yunhe, he immediately became unconvinced, especially because he didn't want to lose to Fu Yunhe.
In this way, the front arrow array was practiced abruptly by them in such a short period of time.
Yesterday, An Yihou conveyed the military order to him and Fu Yunhe, ordering him to lead the Qianqi Battalion and the 2,000 God Arm Battalion led by a thousand guards to replace the original cruising battalion. At that moment, Hua Chuyu understood what An Yihou said earlier The real intention... can't help but feel excited!
While the red flag was waving for the last time, Hua Chuyu also waved his hand and shouted: "Qianqi Battalion, attack!"
Behind him, thousands of cavalry galloped out with the sound of hooves.
"kill!"
The shouts of killing shook the sky, and the cavalry headed towards the Nanliang army in a murderous manner, killing them aggressively like a giant ax that could split mountains and ground, and the long knife in their hands pierced the enemy's body mercilessly...
It's messed up, everything's messed up!
First, the five kings and General Yalongge were killed at the same time, and then the southern border army burned all the food and grass, and took advantage of the chaos to sneak attack, and the Nanliang army was in chaos. And the fierce fire attack from Yanding City caused more than a thousand people to lose their lives in a short period of time. This was like the last straw that broke the camel's back. The ants on the pot were completely panicked, chaotic, out of control... and even fled.
General Mokli hurriedly presided over the overall situation, and ordered his personal soldiers to kill a few fleeers who had shaken the morale of the army on the spot, and finally calmed down the army with iron and blood methods.
The next step is to reorganize the army, and the 20,000 troops in Nanliang still have an overwhelming advantage.
Just at this time, the cavalry raided!
hateful!
The Southern Border Army seemed to have calculated the timing accurately, and did not give them the slightest chance to breathe.
General Mokli on the black horse looked gloomy as if dripping water, looking around.
There is a saying in Dayu's military book: one vigorous effort, then decline, and three exhaustion. Now the morale of their Nanliang army has reached the point of "exhaustion", no matter how wise and powerful they are, they are powerless.
Now that Yanding City has not been captured, let alone the lives of two noblemen, the Five Kings and the Nine Kings, how should he explain to the commander-in-chief after he returns.
Thinking of the five dead kings, Mokli's expression became even uglier.
This time, the commander-in-chief was supposed to lead the troops here in person, but because the commander-in-chief's Northern Expedition had not been going well, the king sent the five kings here. The five kings led the troops to fight, and they were afraid that the five kings would be young and vigorous, so they asked him and Ya Longge to assist them.
This battle was supposed to be a proper contribution to the five kings, but who could have imagined that the situation would develop to such a degree. Even because the situation was too chaotic, I had no time to investigate or interrogate, so I still don't know what's going on...
He suspected that it was Ya Longge who led the wolf into the house, but the other party was dead, and he couldn't care less about a dead person, but he had to clean up the mess for him!
Mo Keli's heart seemed to be crushed by a hill, and he didn't have time to think about it. No matter what, he still had to hurry up and organize the army.
"Blow the horn!"
Mo Keli gave an order, and several soldiers took the order with clasped fists, and then blew the horns in their hands one after another, impatiently using the rhythm of the horns to integrate the army and reorganize the army.
The scattered Nanliang army is like the sea in a storm, the waves are rough, and the sound of the horns is just a few drops of water, which can't stir up any waves at all.
The formation of the army became more and more chaotic, and the soldiers on both wings were defeated by the combined attack of dense iron arrows and rampant cavalry.
The Southern Xinjiang cavalry swept away the indomitable posture that the cavalry should have, and rushed unscrupulously into their Nanliang army like ghosts, and once they integrated the team and wanted to fight back, there would be iron arrows attacking madly, and the cavalry rushed to the other side...
"Report! General Mokli, the left army can no longer hold on!"
"Report! General Mokli, the vanguard army trapped in the sea of fire has all died!"
"Report! General Mercury, there is an enemy attack from behind!"
"Report..."
Lost!
Mo Keli let out a long sigh, the enemy army didn't give him the slightest chance to come back, the 20,000 army suffered heavy losses, and they had no fighting spirit, he couldn't even make it up to him.
No matter how unwilling it is, there is only one way to retreat now.
It's just that the five kings and nine kings were damaged first, but he fled back without making any achievements. I'm afraid even the commander-in-chief couldn't protect himself.
No, maybe there is still a chance...
A thought flashed in Mo Keli's mind. They came from the small road on Yulan Mountain. The mountain road is narrow and easy to defend and difficult to attack. As long as they retreat there as soon as possible, regroup the army and boost morale, they will surely be able to make a comeback.
A temporary retreat can be exchanged for a better opportunity.
He still has an overwhelming force advantage in his hands, and he will definitely be able to take down Yanding City. At that time, he will make the whole city pay for their lives with their lives!
Mokley gritted his teeth, made up his mind, and roared: "Retreat!"
The soldiers beside him blew their horns again, this time, it was the sound of retreating horns.
This order spread rapidly as if it had grown wings, one to ten, ten to a hundred, and a hundred to a hundred... In the blink of an eye, everyone in the Nanliang Army knew the news that General Mokli ordered to retreat.
The soldiers became agitated again. If they were terrified before, they now felt a sense of relief—on the battlefield, deserters are taboo, and there is no mercy for killing them. But if the general ordered to retreat, then of course it would be justified.
The flustered soldiers began to line up automatically and retreated in the direction of Yulan Mountain.
The army had already traveled this road once when they came, and it is also a familiar road at this moment. The army that has lost thousands of people fled like a black cloud and set foot on the way home...
"Tap Tat Tat..."
The sound of the footsteps was as heavy as the muffled thunder in summer, and there was an air of impatience.
The soldiers were running with all their strength, panting, just hoping to get rid of the sound of horseshoes following behind them.
"Da da da… "
The majestic sound of horseshoes came continuously like a talisman, and the cavalry was still a few miles away a moment ago, but in the blink of an eye, they were already approaching behind them, and the sharp scimitar slashed across their necks, lightly taking a few miles away. After that, the cavalry will slow down again, hang far behind the army, and look for another opportunity. Unless the army stops retreating, it will be difficult to have any impact on these elusive cavalry.
The soldiers could only run more desperately, saying to themselves, not too far away, and they will soon reach Yulan Mountain!
When tense, the body becomes particularly tense. These soldiers are all experienced and strictly trained, but at this moment, at the juncture of life and death, most of them lost their composure. The tense soldiers felt exhausted, out of breath, and cold sweat covered their foreheads and backs.
After an unknown amount of time, Yulan Mountain finally appeared in front of him.
The soldiers looked at Yulan Mountain, which was almost in front of them, as if they had taken some panacea, they became excited in an instant, and everyone was full of energy.
But in the next moment, a black banner embroidered with silver patterns appeared on Yulan Mountain, swaying in the cold wind, so reckless and flamboyant.
Many soldiers didn't recognize them yet, but Mokley recognized them immediately.
this…
This is the banner of Xiao Yi, the son of Prince Zhennan!
But why did Xiao Yi's banner appear here? How did he know the trail! What are those guarding Yulan Mountain doing? Why haven't you reported anything? !
No…
For a moment, Mo Keli's heart sank, as if falling into a bottomless abyss...
…
Guan Yubai withdrew his gaze and said with a gentle smile, "This battle has been won."
Although the battle situation at Yulan Mountain could not be seen from the direction of Yanding City, Guan Yubai had already made an accurate judgment in terms of time.
won
The soldiers were all dumbfounded, they hadn't fought much yet, how did they win...
Fu Yunhe was even a little bit unsatisfied, and even a little envious of Hua Chuyu.
However, the power of this front arrow formation was beyond his imagination! When he first practiced this formation, Fu Yunhe's only thought was that it was too difficult and messy, especially since his Divine Arm Battalion was divided into two teams, each guarding one side, and there was no intersection between the three parties, so they could only use semaphore to communicate with each other. Communicate, control the rhythm. Not only Hua Chuyu, but even Fu Yunhe felt headaches and made frequent mistakes during practice, but he believed in An Yihou, so he gritted his teeth and persisted.
Fu Yunhe didn't understand what the training these days meant until it was used in actual combat.
The purpose of the front arrow array is not simply to kill the enemy, but to harass the enemy and drive the enemy to Yulan Mountain...
It's a pity that I can only stick to Yanding City. Even though the fire oil was burnt with ease, it is still not as good as killing the enemy with my own hands.
Not only Fu Yunhe, but even the soldiers of the Thousand God Arms Battalion didn't feel satisfied, and wished to switch with the Two Thousand God Arm Battalion outside the city.
"Li Shoubei." Guan Yubai continued, "Preparing to welcome the son back to the city."
Li Shoubei also did not expect that this battle would be fought so quickly and so easily! He froze for a moment, then cupped his fists in response and said, "Yes!"
The air is filled with the smell of kerosene, and the flames outside the city have not yet been extinguished, but they are harmless. It's just that the battlefield needs to be cleaned, the number of losses and casualties needs to be counted, the corpses need to be burned and buried to avoid causing epidemics, and the hearts of the people... The Nanliang army's pressure has caused panic throughout the city.
Although this battle is over, there are still many things to do in the future.
Standing on the wall for so long with the wind blowing, Guan Yubai was weak after all, and coughed a few times, Xiaosi immediately stepped forward nervously, and said, "My lord, let's go back."
The outcome was already decided, and it didn't make much difference whether he was present or not, so Guan Yubai nodded, and after explaining to some veterans, he led Xiaosi down the city wall.
Many soldiers on the city wall didn't realize that Guan Yubai had left. They all stood there blankly, looking down at the messy battlefield in front of them, as if they were still in a dream.
It was not yet noon when the Nanliang army approached the city, and now it's just past Shenshi, so everything is over? ! Never before had they fought such a swift defense of the city.
It wasn't until Li Shoubei gave the order to clean up the battlefield that they came back to their senses and took orders to leave...
An hour later, before the sparks outside the city were completely extinguished, a great victory came from Yulan Mountain!
At this moment, in a side hall of the Garrison Mansion, Nangong Yue was sitting on a rosewood armchair, holding a teacup in her hand, picking it up and putting it down, putting it down and picking it up again, she seemed out of her mind.
Of course she believed that there would be no problems with Xiao Yi and Guan Yubai's plan, but Nanliang had 20,000 troops after all, no matter how smooth the plan was, she couldn't help but worry about Xiao Yi and that he would get hurt...
Nangong Yue put down the teacup that hadn't been put to her mouth yet again.
Baihui and Huamei exchanged glances, wondering if they should say something to divert her attention.
At this moment, a sound of messy footsteps came from outside the hall, accompanied by a shout of joy: "Concubine Shizi, Concubine Shizi... good news!"
Lily in a blue dress ran towards this side with all her strength holding her skirt.
This time, Lian Baihui didn't bother to care about her cousin's unruly appearance, and smiled in her heart because of the great news.
Very good!
A bright smile bloomed on Nangong Yue's face, like a wilted flower that was nourished by the rain, and regained its vitality and vitality.
In the blink of an eye, Baihe had already run into the side hall, and she blessed Nangong Yue, and said vigorously: "Concubine Shizi, the 20,000 troops in Nanliang have been completely annihilated, and Master Shizi has returned to the city and is heading to the defense mansion." Come here!"
Nangong Yue stood up abruptly, so excited that even the armchair behind her was hit slightly, making a "thump". She couldn't care less, she was overjoyed and said, "Let's go to meet the prince."
She stroked her skirt and hurried towards the door.
She hoped that when Ah Yi came home, she could see herself waiting for him at home at first sight!
The maids also hurriedly followed.
Nangong Yue hurriedly came to the gate of the Garrison Mansion, looking in the direction of the city gate...
"Da da da… "
After a while, I heard the faint sound of horseshoes coming from the end of Dong'an Avenue. The sound of horseshoes became more and more clear. Several knights on tall horses came into Nangong Yue's field of vision. The leader was a man in silver The young general in the white jersey, in fresh clothes and angry horse, was in high spirits.
It's Ah Yi!
Looking at Xiao Yi from a distance, Nangong Yue's eyes burst into bright light, and she subconsciously stepped forward a few steps, and after a few steps, Lily and Huamei couldn't help but exchanged a look with that impatient look.
At this time, Xiao Yi's horse had already come hundreds of feet away. Of course, he also saw Nangong Yue, with a bright smile on his face, clamped the horse's belly, and galloped over.
"Ah Yue!"
In a low cry that was caught off guard, he picked up Nangong Yue, helped her sit firmly on the horseback, kissed her hard on the cheek without hesitation, and the two rode together. Entered the garrison.
Xiao Yi put his arms around Nangong Yue's slender waist, held her in his arms, and sighed contentedly in his heart: All he wanted was this kind of peaceful life.
Nangong Yue's eyes were sore for a while, but when she looked up, there was only a bright smile on her face.
At this moment, no matter what we have experienced, as long as we smile at each other, all the tiredness and heaviness will disappear in an instant...
As long as he and she are safe and sound!
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There is a special episode of Xiaobai in the full subscription group tonight.
The original painting of Xiaobai and Ayi is almost finished, and I will upload the picture in a few days.